steur
Afrikaans edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch storen, from Middle Dutch stôren, from Old Dutch *stōren, from Proto-West Germanic *staurijan.
Verb edit
steur (present steur, present participle steurende, past participle gesteur)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch steur, from Middle Dutch store, from Old Dutch sturo, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).
Noun edit
steur (plural [please provide])
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch store, from Old Dutch sturo, from Proto-West Germanic *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”). Of obscure origin, but possibly related to the root of stir. Other theories trace it to a lost pre-Indo European language of Scandinavia. Cognates include Old High German sturio and Old English styria and more remotely Russian осётр (osjótr, “sturgeon”), Lithuanian eršketras.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
steur m (plural steuren, diminutive steurtje n)
- A sturgeon, fish of the genus Acipenser
- (particularly) The European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio
- Synonyms: Europese steur, rumbus (obsolete)
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Further reading edit
- Europese steur on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
- steuren on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl